GREAT EASTERN ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 04.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 23.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 23.05.2026 + W.P.(C) 4959/2026, CM APPL. 24383/2026, CM APPL. 24384/2026 and CM APPL. 27530/2026 GREAT EASTERN ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajiv Nayyar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Mr. Aseem Chaturvedi, Mr. Shivank Diddi, Mr. Anuj Shrotriya and Mr. Arsh Alok, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Brijesh Kumar Tamber, Ms. Arani Mukherjee, Mr. Vinay Singh Bist and Mr. Shubendhu Kaushik, Advs. for R-1. Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Nakul Sachdeva, Mr. Sagar Arora, Mr. Shreyansh Rathi, Ms. Shrinkhla Tiwari, Mr. Abhinandan Sharma, Mr. Amit Gupta and Mr. Naman, Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. Through the present Petition, the Petitioner by invoking writ Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:23.05.2026 W.P.(C) 4959/2026 Page 1 of 23 15:07:21 jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, essentially seeks directions to treat its bid for Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Block SR-ONHP(CBM)-2025/2 in Raniganj Coalfield, West Bengal, as validly submitted in the Special CBM Bid Rounder-2025 and to consider the same along with other bids, or, in the alternative, to reconduct the bidding process for the said block. 2. The primary grievance of the Petitioner is that its bid could not be completed due to an alleged technical malfunction/error that arose at the critical stage of online price bid submissions on the e-bidding portal, which displayed that the net worth of the Petitioner was insufficient. 3. The question that arises in the present case is as to wheth